Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, the deal is worth $60 million over five years, with $25 million guaranteed.

It’s not all that much richer of a deal than the one signed on the first day of free agency by cornerback Asante Samuel, who received a five-year, $57 million contract with $20 million guaranteed.

And it’s a far cry from the contract that defensive end Charles Johnson will sign with the Panthers: Six-year, $76 million, $32 million guaranteed.

As to Samuel, the move could mean that he’s available, given that the Eagles just acquired Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on Thursday from the Cardinals. (Indeed, Samuel has not yet reported to camp, excused due to a personal reason.) Or maybe DRC could be on the move again, after serving the purpose of providing Philly with cover as they fooled everyone by pursuing Nnamdi in complete secrecy.

looks like i am gonna have to move the lions d line and offense to the eagles and play franchise in green and white. which sucks for me cuz i HATE michigan state, but, i can live with eagles green. You go Andy Reid!!!

Just said on the other Jrts article about Nnamdi to stay tuned that the rumor mill was turning and the teams ee thought we in the race, proved not to be. The Eagles. Holy smoke, they are ramping up. How come everyone has the same salary cap and my Ravens haven’t acquired anyone and are complaining the only have 4 mil cap space after freeing 18 mil

Would have liked him in Dallas but not 100% sure they were ever really in the “sweepstakes”. Maybe they were, but they don’t have the cap space to even come close without creating even more holes on defense. They have too many other needs. Sucks he is in the division for sure!!

Eagles are locked and loaded to win a Super Bowl this year, whereas my Niners have their eyes set on the Toilet Bowl this year which, coincidentally, is where I will have my head immediately following their games.

Who am I kidding though, the Eagles will never win the Bowl, it’s their curse and destiny. My Giants will take care of those overrated Phillies.

As a Cowboys fan I wonder when the Cowboys became sissy’s in the free agent game.

Hope this offseasons lack of moves doesn’t turn out like last years offseason where the Cowboys went 13-3 got bounced by Min. And thought that they didn’t have to make moves to stay in contention. Seen how that worked out . Grow a pair Cowboys!

As a Raiders fan, I have to question whether that is more money than he is worth. We’ve been paying him tons and tons of money over the last few years. While he is very good and he suits the Raiders D perfectly, you’d like to think that he’d snag a few more INTs or force the other team into difficult situations more often. Anyway, he is a hell of a good guy and I wish him luck!

Im sure Nnamdi chose the Eagles because he’s tired of losing. Yes, the Raiders is on the upswing but he prob dont want another letdown. But if he thinks the Eagles gonna win a SB, he has to look at history… the last 6 or 7 SB champions DID NOT load up on talent for a run.

How many times in SPORTS do we see paper champs not win the championship that year? 90% of the TIME…philadelphia is gonna be one DEPRESSED city when Roy,Clee and Cole. and Nnamdi,Vick,Asante, don;t bring u RINGS and its another fail in the city of brotherly love..

mataug says:
Jul 29, 2011 6:25 PM
Philly’s scared of all the WRs Shanahan has signed

This is the greatest comment ever on this site. Kudos

Oh and for those who keep saying “how many superbowls have you won ?” well we won two NFL championships including one from maybe the greatest football team ever Lombardi’s packers. Since we can talk about the past when everyone elses team won then we can go back to the 60’s same thing.

Wow… Im completely shocked!!!… after I heard the Jets were out of it I really thought he was coming back to Oakland.. I kinda lost respect for the guy… Cant wait till the Raiders start tearing it up without NA21..

Wow.. As an Eagles hater I don’t really care for that transaction but as a Bucs fan I hope they can get in the market for DRC. Bucs would never spend for Nnamdi but DRC would be less expensive and he’s younger. I’d love to see him on the field with Talib!

Where are the Eagles finding this money. They paid Vick, still have to pay D. Jackson and J Maclin soon. Just signed a few free agents. It’s become obvious that the new CBA will change nothing as far as the rich getting richer (in talent).

andyr2120 says:
Jul 29, 2011 6:38 PM
As a Raiders fan, I have to question whether that is more money than he is worth. We’ve been paying him tons and tons of money over the last few years. While he is very good and he suits the Raiders D perfectly, you’d like to think that he’d snag a few more INTs or force the other team into difficult situations more often. Anyway, he is a hell of a good guy and I wish him luck!
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You can’t make INTs if the other team NEVER throws the ball towards you. I remember reading some ridiculous stat like he was only thrown at something like 14 times all year. I don’t know where to look that stat up, but if they don’t throw at you, you can’t catch the ball.

Holy schnikies out of the weeds stokes the pigeons strike a blow to the cowpokes, and the not gets. Did not see that one coming. This off season is getting awful entertaining. I bet the crypt keeper in big D has popped a few blood vessels this afternoon!

It is a great day to be an Eagles fan. I knew we were going to get in on the Nnamdi sweepstakes but I wasn’t sure that we’d get him. Great job AR and team. Now get D-Jax signed and lets find an LB and maybe a safety and its on.

With all teams chucking the ball, you really need three cb’s now a days. That being said, doesn’t Washington spend big money on free agents every year? And where has that got them? Lets see how it plays out. There will be lots of injuries this year, and integrating a lot of new players takes time.

Asomugha, Samuel, and DRC, I wonder who is the odd man out and who stays.

If I was the Eagles I would keep Samuel and Asomugha. I never been that impressed with DRC. I remember 2 seasons ago my Colts played the Cards and Peyton Manning absolutely lit up DRC all game long. I think it might have been only his rookie or second yr, but damn he got lit up.

He is essentially a free gift. The Kolb trade was rediculous, DRC on top of a second round pick! Even if they don’t sign DRC to an extension and lost his services after a year, they still would have come out massively on top on that trade. So, why not keep all 3 corners on the roster for one season and go all out for the Super Bowl.

Vick isn’t getting any younger, and his style will ultimately result in a shorter career than a prototypical pocket passer. So I would not trade DRC away for a draft pick. The future is now for Philly. They’ve got an opportunity to go all the way this year. I think they should go all out for it and that’s speaking as a Redskins fan.

Things got pretty ugly for us last year against the Eagles. I wasn’t looking forward to two games against a secondary including DRC and Samuel. Add in Asomugha and I think I might just stay in bed for those two weeks.

A little out of left field, didn’t think the Eagles were going that way. Good pick up if you can get him like that.

I’d hold onto the “Eagles win the next 5 superbowls” talk.

You have 2 good corners but have spent a ton of money. Cap WILL come to play eventually. Your LB corps is still soft, Vick hasn’t shown he can play all 16 and I don’t care what you say VY isn’t gonna back him up to the same level. You still need to sign Jackson and Macklin. There’s more cap space eaten up.

You still have to cover the Packers’ wide outs. Driver, Jordy, Finley, Cobb, Starks outta the back field… That’s more than 2 CB’s worth of real threats.

2 good corners is a start but last I checked – no CB has ever led a team to the SB. Will be fun to watch though.

Until you address the REST of your secondary, you know, because you can’t play man all the time — with that weak interior defensive line and no consistent LBs remaining — your safeties are gonna get torched all year.

I’m failing to see why this is a smart move, regardless of the fact that I am a Giants fan.

It doesn’t make them better. When we knock Vick out in Week 3, where will the wisdom be in this, then?

haha, a corner who plays one side of the field. What a waste of cash. The Eagles do this every off-season. Go out a shocking sign the biggest free agent out there. Asante Samuel. Jason Peters. Jevon Kerase.

I’m excited too, but if Samuel really is on a train out of town, then this isn’t a humongous upgrade. They’d be getting rid of an above average corner for a very above average corner. I suppose it all depends on what comes in return for Asante. I’d rather see DRC moved.

wow….if they can trade samuel for a linebacker this looks great for philly. if not……confusing as to why they add asomugha and rodgers cromartie while they lose bradley, mikell, etc.
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Really liked Bradley when healthy, but that’s the problem. too many injuries. As for safety, here’s an interesting thought: If they choose to keep Asante, what about setting him free to be the pure ballhawk he loves to be. Use him as freelancing free safety like Ed Reed for Ravens or Darren Sharper during the Saints SB run? Might seem like a waste of money given his salary, but Asante freed up completely to jump routes could be dangerous indeed.

Where are the Eagles finding this money. They paid Vick, still have to pay D. Jackson and J Maclin soon. Just signed a few free agents. It’s become obvious that the new CBA will change nothing as far as the rich getting richer (in talent).
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Even with Vick at franchise tag numbers (which will drop once they work out a long term deal) Eagles were well under the salary cap. On top of that, they opted to let all of their FAs go (Bradley, Mikkel, and Weaver being the most notable). They got DRC on an existing contract. That’s how they have the money for these moves, and to sign DeSean to an extension.

1) Al Davis, and all of Raider Nation, thought he was going to demand 15-20 mil per year. That’s why we paid Routt this much, to be our starter. If we had known Nnamdi only wanted 12 mil guaranteed per year, we would have spent that money on Nnamdi. Nobody saw this coming. He really isn’t in it for the money. Class act.

2) Of all the “winning” teams that he was rumored to join, I wanted to see Nnamdi either go to Green Bay or the Jets. Nnamdi + C Wood or Nnamdi + Revis would have been beautiful football, regardless of the logo on the helmet. I don’t think Nnamdi picked the best organization in this sweepstakes, or the best team. I’ll feel bad for him every year that Philly falls short of the big game.

Wow, that is too much for any CB. I liked ya Nnam, but now we can get more talent with all that money we saved by not trying to keep you. We don’t need one great player, we need lot’s of really good players. Now we just groom Routt over the next couple of years and he will follow your suit, just like you followed Woodson’s suit. Just wish we could groom QB’s like we do CB’s.

LOL at all the Eagles fans that think they should just hand the Lombardi Trophy to them for signing a bunch of overpriced free agents along with a few scrubs. Remember when another team from the NFC LEast used to do that every year and annoint themselves the champs in August? The Skins? Yeah, how’d that work out for them the last decade and a half? I smell 9-7 and a 1st round playoff loss. Even worse if Vick goes down and VY has to come in.

So after acquiring Rodgers-Cromartie and Aso, is it time for the Eagles to admit that the Asante Samuels experiment was a failure?
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Failure? Are you out of your mind? Before Asante, we had a horrible Int rate. After we got him, we had one of the best. Asante was anything but a failure in Philly.

Things got pretty ugly for us last year against the Eagles. I wasn’t looking forward to two games against a secondary including DRC and Samuel. Add in Asomugha and I think I might just stay in bed for those two weeks.
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weneedlinemen42 – Pick your head up. The Eagles can have 5 Nnamdis and Plax will still torch them. The Eagles signed Nnamdi out of desperation b/c they know once the G-Men sign Plax (and Vonta Leach), they’re screwed.

The in-breds do this every year. They sign the top FAs, win the pre-season super bowl and end the season crying in their store brand cheerios.

Good for the Eagles that A. Davis finally decided it was foolish to pay that much money to one player that never touches the ball and doesn’t score. A bad team like the Raiders need more than a novelty CB that they can brag about. Hopefully they put the money they’re saving to good use. As a Raider fan, I can say that having #21 shut down half the field never got them into the playoffs. I’ve always thought paying him as much as they were was idiotic with their circumstances.

Gulp!
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yeah, things can change quickly throughout the season, but right now you have to figure the Packers and the Eagles are the NFC favorites right now at least. Both teams have explosive offenses, and look to have strong defenses as well. The big question for both will be how their O-lines hold up. O-line injuries have been a problem for my Eagles in the past, and with Tauscher and Collydge now gone, the Packers have little room for issues there. I’m excited, but I’ve seen too many seasons come and go to start bragging too much yet.

Basically all they did was replace Asante Samuel because they are going to trade him. I don’t think many teams are going to offer a linebacker who is good enough to start yet, so this trade is not going to help Philly as much as all of the fans think it will. And they still don’t have enough playmakers on defense to stop Aaron Rodgers.

They arent gettin an LB. Roseman said “to go heavy in 1 area you have to go light in another and u can do it with draft picks” …4th round pick Matthews took 1st team reps to open camp. they keep all 3 CBs cause the nickel CB plays as much as the 3rd LBs anymore cause teams are always in nickel nowadays.

That is a good pick up but I think the team still has weaknesses. At QB mostly.

As far as the best move in FA history….please. The best one was the first one, Reggie White from the eagles to the Packers. Were going to find out how good Nnamdi really is now that he is not on a team with a bunch of losers like the Raiders.

I am glad he at least got off of that team. Nobody deserves to be on a team who’s motto is Commitment to Excrement.

Just my 2 cents, but two CB’s with $117 and $45 G-Jack?
It would appear that Andy is following the Bill model at NE. Andy must be thinking of trading AS or DRC.
I understand the Nnamdi acquisition, but three CB’s with no pass rush……….

Well, this will certainly help keep the Eagles in games after Vick gets injured in the first few weeks of the season.

It’s an interesting move. No question NA is a great player, but they’re adding him to what is already a strong position. So unlike with, say, Dallas, who would be getting probably a 98% improvement at the position, the Eagles will be getting, what? A 30% improvement over what they already had, especially with the Kolb trade? Maybe even less than that.

All that for a $60 mil hit to your salary cap. And, as yet, no solid backup for Vick.

It’s more of a risk than it appears at first glance. He will likely wreak havoc against Manning & Romo, but he’s not going to be enough on his own. No one is.

The jealousy in these posts are straight up comical!!! All of you can continue to make up excuses to make yourselves feel better, but the bottom line is the Eagles just got A WHOLE LOT scarier! All you Cowboys and Giants fan keep telling yourselves that this move means nothing, and the Eagles aren’t any better because of this move, and that the Eagles paid way too much (when in actuality we got a great deal for his talents).

We all know that your just hiding behind your real feelings which are fear and anger that your teams have literally done nothing this off-season to keep pace with the Eagles! Last year the Eagles were the best team in the division, so explain to me how signing Babin, Nnamdi, and Young and trading for DRC doesn’t make us even better, while other teams in the division have been sitting on there hands and losing players instead of adding them. Good luck trying to keep pace……

When exactly can we stick in a fork in the whole “X will come to New York. Why wouldn’t he? It’s New York?” delusional mindset?
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Why dont players come to NY… Taxes and arrogant D bags.

Who says they have the best secondary in the NFL? LMFAO that’s hilarious. They just gave up their most dependable safety. They’re still going to get torched. And to the clown who thinks Giants fans are nervous, your defense isn’t what stopped us last year, we shot ourselves in the foot. You are no better until your defensive line is on par with ours. Then we’ll be nervous. Quit trying to make us think an empty championship display is something to be fearful of. No one gets awards for preseason games and offseason signings.

Wow, Dallas actually tried to fit Asomugha in. Well, lets use that money and fill in our needs now that the Nnamdi ship has sailed. Thumb me down Eagle fans but you know better then anyone else the Eagles will always find a way to disappoint in the end. Keep trying to buy a superbowl.

Besides, they’re still not even better than us. Not on paper nor otherwise. Pulling rabbits out of your arse in once-a-century fashion doesn’t make you better. As long as we’re healthy, you know 41 turnovers is not going to happen again. And this doesn’t make them better. Nice try, though.

Nnamdi is way better than Revis. I don’t even think Eagles fans realize that nnamdi held Andre johnson and Larry Fitzgerald to two catches combined!!!(last year). Good luck Nnamdi and Eagles. Go get that ring ..Signed a sad Raider fan.

cowboyscowboyscowboys says:
Jul 29, 2011 11:57 PM
Wow, Dallas actually tried to fit Asomugha in. Well, lets use that money and fill in our needs now that the Nnamdi ship has sailed. Thumb me down Eagle fans but you know better then anyone else the Eagles will always find a way to disappoint in the end. Keep trying to buy a superbowl.
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Hilarious.

Not a fan of either team, but a Cowboys fan accusing any other team of trying to buy a championship is the classic case of the pot not knowing what color it is.

I’m puzzled as to why you clowns think we are jealous or bitter? We weren’t angling to get him. Every year we have to listen to you idiots brag about being paper champions, and now going on 33 years of my life, that’s all they’ve ever been and will continue to be.

I spoke the truth and it’s blowin’ yours. Tough duty, but better to have the reality now than in December.

And to this self-righteous prick above me, if it bothers you that much, go enter a thumb wrestling competition with your wife, since the “we” usage bothers you here.

the iggles will choke once again, despite the signing of this overrated cb asomugha. with no expectations the cowboys will win the nfc east. mike vick will not hold up the entire season, and the iggles expect vince young to do the trick, please. asomugha could not cover any of the cowboys receivers when the raiders played the cowboys in 2009 thanks giving game, the tape do not lie. the expectations is now andy reid to produce or else. the media, fans of the iggels now expect super bowl or bust. it will be bust. the reason why the cowboys will win the nfc east when there is no expectations, the cowboys do more than expected, especially coming off a 6-10 record. jason garrett and rob ryan will hav the cowboys ready when the whistle blows, guaranteed. i predict their will b 3 teams in the andrew luck sweepstakes, the redskins, the bills and the seahawks, let’s b realistic do shanahan truly believe that john beck can win more than 6 games for the redskins, and chan gailey got luck last year when fitzpatrick won, now he has typen to back up and the mess in seattle, no qb per se. romo will have a breakout year this year with a revamp offensive line and soild receivers and a shafty running game, espect the cowboys to be 12-4, this season and to represent the nfc in indy in 2012, romo will finally show the rest of the nfl the leader his is and will finally get that danny white perception off his back.

While I believe Dallas will continue to build upon how they finished the season last year, they’ve shed a bit too much talent and haven’t taken care of the main thing that got them beat so frequently last year defensively — THEIR SECONDARY.

The plain and simple fact is, as long as the Giants are healthy and knowing that the anomaly that was last year’s turnover number will not happen again — that it is their division to lose. I haven’t seen 7 objective posts about how these signings affect the NFC East race, just a bunch of blind homers.

FIRST THINGS FIRST…. hahahahahahahs to jets, cowboys, giants, skins!!!! NOW , packers fans, last year with 1 cb we gave you all you could handle. Asante if you remember was coming off injury not 100 percent. Eagles were about to win if not for an ill-advised throw late in the 4th qrt. So don’t go running yer mouths like you dominated the birds cuz it didn’t happen. You won the superbowl yes you did but that very well could have been the eagles. Rodgers did light up joselio Hanson and dimitri Patterson. That won’t happen to nnamdi and DRC, eliminate the receiver on nnamdi’s side of the field, risk throwing a pick towards Asante. Omg that eliminated Aaron Rodgers. Go ahead n say that the pack still has the same team as last year that’s true, but the eagles were as good as the pack last year but we are a whole hell of alot better this year!! Hate all you want the EAGLES are the team to beat! You can hate the birds cuz yer scared, or respect the birds cuz yer scared, either way yer still scared!!!

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teal379 says: Jul 29, 2011 6:55 PM—2 good corners is a start but last I checked – no CB has ever led a team to the SB. Will be fun to watch though.

You must be a youngster…when The Niners couldn’t get past Cowboys and Packers in playoffs (early 90’s)…they received the services of one Deion Sanders and won the Super Bowl THE next year. So yeah…a CB can make all the difference.

Just like the Phillies, the Eagles are trying to buy a title. I’ve been a lifelong Eagle hater and if Vick and Djax didn’t make it easy to hate them this certainly does. It’s gonna be that much sweeter when they fail to win a Super Bowl(AGAIN) after trying to stack the deck. Meanwhile my Steelers continue to draft players, develop them, and keep them. Can you remember the last time they paid for a big FA? 6 titles in PA Eagles fans. Thanks for your contribution. Bwahahahahahahaha

I haven’t seen 7 objective posts about how these signings affect the NFC East race, just a bunch of blind homers.

Mr. Wright aka “Winky”

What do you consider objective? Facts?

Very well. The Eagles have beaten the Giants in SIX STRAIGHT GAMES . It could be seven, if you include the playoffs. That’s not luck, nor a trend. That’s dominance.

Going into the last game the two teams played, the Giants won three straight and allowed a total of 10 pts in the last two games of that winning streak.

The Giants (as we all know) had the lead in the 4th quarter in both contests last year and end up losing both games, the second one in absolutely spectacular fashion. As you babble on about turnovers, there wasn’t a SINGLE turnover committed by the Giants in the fourth quarter, where they allowed 21 pts in the final 8:17 (or do you need to be reminded of that…..I think you do…)

In fact, the only turnover committed in that quarter was by the EAGLES, which lead to the Giants final points of the day (see, turnovers work both ways, Slappy)

Turnovers are a part of the game, Winky. It’s the single most variable factor in determining wins and losses. Either teams are committing them or forcing them (that’s why they are measured in a RATIO….see…I knew you could follow along)

These signings only reinforce the fact of which the rest of the division already knows: They are already the defending division champions and have added FOUR Pro Bowl players on defense. FOUR.

Please save your diatribes for someone who actually can stand you. The Giants have made it clear that they are not only talent deficient, but mentally deficient as well, to beat the Eagles.

haha, a corner who plays one side of the field. What a waste of cash. The Eagles do this every off-season. Go out a shocking sign the biggest free agent out there. Asante Samuel. Jason Peters. Jevon Kerase.

The Eagles are talking about using Asomuah as a nickle x like the packers did with the defensive player of the year Mr Charels Woodson.. if this is true and DRC and Samuels are the starting CBs this is gonna be a seriously insane defensive backfield

Just like the Phillies, the Eagles are trying to buy a title. I’ve been a lifelong Eagle hater and if Vick and Djax didn’t make it easy to hate them this certainly does. It’s gonna be that much sweeter when they fail to win a Super Bowl(AGAIN) after trying to stack the deck. Meanwhile my Steelers continue to draft players, develop them, and keep them. Can you remember the last time they paid for a big FA? 6 titles in PA Eagles fans. Thanks for your contribution. Bwahahahahahahaha

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And 4 of those before most of us on here were born. Let me guess, that was about the same time you became a fan right? Or at least when your grandmom did right since you don’t have a father that you know of and your mother hates you? Let me guess, she used to like them when they were on National TV every week right?

Newsflash, that was over 30 years ago champ.

You’re so cliche’, it’s a joke.

Were you bragging about your team’s draft skills when they sucked for the 27 years between championships?

You don’t sign players because all your owner cares about is money. That is the truth.

And no matter now may championships your team wins, that city will always be living in Philly’s shadow.

Keep busting the bank fools….Packers created $19 million in cap space. Some GMs never learn.

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Yeah Qweefquake,

You might wanna do a little more research. The last time I checked, the Eagles and the Patriots were the teams that were always talked about as cap kings, not the 32 greatest market in the NFL, GB Packers.